Archive for the year 2008
Op/Ed: Exposed & Shamed, SL Banking Silently Slinks Away
by Victoria Wheeler invest make believe money in make believe hot companies? Without much fanfare, Linden Labs announced on January 8, 2008 that any Second Life banking and investment business which might, “offer interest or any direct return on an investment” in ANY currency, would be prohibited from doing so as of January 22, unless [...]
Full StoryThe SL Zone
by Kris Dibou, warrior poet/pirate He thought he found himself in heavenWhen all his dreams he seized;All he wanted for the takingOr creating, as he pleased The months flew by and all he triedGrew tiring in the depthAnd degree of concentration made, To max the width and breadth Of all he ever fantasizedIn this life [...]
Full StorySecurity Alert — Metaverse threat level: Orange
Has any unknown person asked you to rez anything in-world? by Security Orb, Metaverse Homeland Security consultant This afternoon I spoke to a victim in Sandbox Cordova who was given a malicious object disguised as a gun. Normally guns are not malicious devices in Second Life, and are used for harmless pursuits such as pushing, [...]
Full StoryThe Great SL Objectivist vs. SL Communist Debate
Official event may be difficult to schedule by Pixeleen Mistral, National Affairs desk “We do not wish to grant the communist party any moral sanction for their views, and thus find no reason to debate with members of the People’s Soviet Communist Party in Second Life, specially when it comes to discussing a dead issue.” [...]
Full StoryAdv: Szym & Lusch Motors: Rejuvenating the Second Life Automobile
Giving ‘bang for your buck’, as Co-Owner Will Szymborska would say. Will transferred from teen grid in June 2007, where he later founded a partnership with Owen Lusch; a car builder in second life. Selling detailed and fully featured and functional forms of in-world transport; they consider themselves a worthy investment. “I want to redefine [...]
Full StoryShould the PN Embrace Furry Members?
Another member of notorious PN group may be a closet furry by d3adlyc0d3c, ex-griefer Recently and very much by accident I happened upon evidence that a ‘prominent’ PN member is also a furry – and an administrator in the Ryder sim – where the Ryder Sanitarium is located. I was exploring the Ryder after the [...]
Full StoryAloe Stradling — Post 6 Grrrrl
[Note from Justine- I knew that Aloe Stradling was attractive from an earlier meeting, but was completely unprepared for the amazon that landed for her Post 6 photoshoot! I really hope my pictures do her justice because you won't find too many avatars as lovely as she with as extensive a collection of great outfits. [...]
Full StoryOp/Ed: Privacy Please
by Jessica Holyoke When talking about avatar or human rights, one right that is often ignored is the right to privacy. While this right led to reproductive rights in the US, its erosion in the virtual world needs to be halted. Privacy policies usually revolve around the use and sale of personal information. And Linden [...]
Full StoryInterview with Supercool Sautereau: Premier of People’s Soviet Communist Party in Second Life
by Urizenus Sklar, National Affairs desk Forward thinking Herald readers may have feared that Soviet Communism was decomposing somewhere in the dustbin of history. But take heart comrades! It is not dead, but advancing on new frontiers and has now claimed its metaversal bridgehead on the shores of the Jessie Simulator. In this interview, Soviet [...]
Full StoryState Lunatic Hospital of Second Life – Ryder Asylum
Beautifully horrific treatment center for both furry and human patients by Kaos Usbourne, SL Adventurer On a lonely windswept Massachusetts field where a number of Salem’s infamous witch trials were held stands what remains of Danvers State Hospital. Officially opening in 1878 as The State Lunatic Hospital at Danvers, the treatment facility for mentally inept [...]
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